• Photo by: Shirley Denton, Suncoast Chapter FNPS
  • Photo by: Shirley Denton, Suncoast Chapter FNPS
  • Photo by: Shirley Denton, Suncoast Chapter FNPS
  • Photo by: Shirley Denton, Suncoast Chapter FNPS
  • Photo by: Shirley Denton, Suncoast Chapter FNPS

Abutilon hulseanum

mauve

Nomenclature

Common Name:

mauve

Synonym(s):

Sida huselana

Genus species:

Abutilon hulseanum

Family:

Malvaceae

Plant Specifics

Form:

shrub

Size:

Up to about 7ft tall, rangy unless cut back periofically.  Somewhat shrubby but not really woody.

Life Span:

Long-lived perennial

Flower Color:

orangy pink

Fruit Color:

brown

Phenology:

Blooms late winter, early spring.

Noted For:

Landscaping

Recommended Uses:

Considerations:

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Availability:

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Propagation:

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Light:

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Moisture Tolerance:

Always Flooded---------------------------------Extremely Dry

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Not wet but not extremely dry -to- Somewhat long very dry periods

Salt Water Flooding Tolerance:

Unknown

Salt Spray/Salty Soil Tolerance:

Some tolerance to salty wind but not direct salt spray

Soil or Other Substrate:

Soil pH:

slightly acidic to calcareous

Suitable to Grow In:

Ecology

Wildlife:

Pollinators, Butterflies

Native Habitats:

Disturbed. Old orange groves, pasture, roadsides. May occur naturally along the west FL coast including shell mounds and dunes . All records for inland areas are from disturbed sites, predominantly old orange groves and pastures.

Comments:

Ethnobotany:

No known uses.  

General Comments:

According to Kew Gardens, it is from Central America and probably Cuba and Florida.   After going through the photos and labels for specimens in the SIEnet database, the only occurrences in Florida that were convincingly in natural systems (as opposed to highly disturbed areas) were on shell mounds, dunes, and similar coastal areas.  Hence, the range map provided highlights the counties along the west coast that have these.



Noted as invasive  and weedy on many herbarium specimen labels.  Where not native, we should think of it as invasive.